Apparel-hanger.



Patented Feb. 8,1910.

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To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that l, CHARLES A. VANDER- nnnc, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the count-y of Los Angeles and Statei'of California, have invented new and useful 'improvements in Apparel-Hangvother garments are disposed.

A niainobject of my invention is to provide a hanger, whereby coats or other articlesof wearing apparel may be suspendedy therefrom and locked thereto.

Another object is to provide al hanger of thecharacter hereinafter described that will not injure in the slightest any cldthing that may 'be attached thereto.

A further and important object is to proyide a hanger that may be used eifectually in various situations, such as on vehicles, walls and similar places. y

Heretofore .automobiles have been supplied With hangeriai-l's attached to the back of the -front seat on which robes and wearing apparel Were disposed of. While this method of disposition has been eminently satisfactory in so far as the suspension of the garments wasfconcerned, yet, when the occupants of the automobile left the same the articles of wearing apparel were not safe from theft. L

It is an 'object of my invention to provide a novel hanger, whereby when the occupants gflthe machine leave'th'e same, the articles `attach d to the hanger cannot be removed 40` therefrom.

lit the accomplishment of the above objectsil preferably employ a stationary bar provided with projections that are arranged in staggered relation to similar projections formed Ona movable barla lock being provided to secure the two members in locked rclationto each other.

1n Jthe specification and accompanyinv.

` drawings the device has been described an .illustrated as applied to an automobile, but

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 17', 1909.

Patented heb., 8, 1911i.

Serial No. 483,898,

ing, a part of this specification, Figure 1-- is a plan view of a portion of au automobile equipped with one form of my improved device. Fig. l2 an enlarged detail planview of a portion of the form illust ated in Fig. 1, partly in section for clarity of illustration. Fig. 3- is a transverse section of the form illustrated in Fig. 1 taken on line 3 jof Fig. 2. Fig. tis a plan view of a portion of the automobile equipped with another forni of my improved device. Fig. 5- is an end elevation of the form illustrated in Fig. el. Fig. 6- is a detail cross section taken on line G-(l of Fig. 1 and illustratingl the form of lock. Fig. 7 is a cross section taken on line ll-7 of Fig. et. Fig. S- is a detail plan sect-ion of one of the supporting posts for the clamping rail of the form illustrated in Fig. 4C. p

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 designates the front seat of an automobile of usual construction. To the back .11 is secured in a suitable manner a metal bar 12 provided on the ends thereof with vertically disposed braces 13 formed integrally therevvitli. One end of this bar is provided with a handle grip 1-1, and pivoted thereto as at 15 is another bar 16, provided also on the end opposite the pivot with handle grip 17 similar to the one formed on the stationary bar. Bar 12 is provided on one end thereof with a hooked catch 1S that is adapted to register with an opening` 19 formed in that portion of the handle that contacts with the bar 12 when closed. Arranged in handle 17 adjacent the end thereof is a spring operated dead bolt 20 adapted to enga-ge hooked catch 18 and lock the two bars in rigid relation to each other, When it is desired to disengage the pivoted bar 16 from bar 12 the dead bolt is 4forced inwardly by means of the key (not shown). Any other form of lock may be substituted for the one illustrated as the lock itself'does not form an important part of this invention.

Secured to the outer face of bar 12 in a suitable manner and rprojecting at rightangles'therefrom are a plurality of studs or projections Which are covered with a resilient material 2G, preferably rubber, provided on the outer end thereof with a cushioning ball 27. l Secured in the same manner to the inner face of pivoted bar 16 are similar studs 28 which are arranged in staggered relation to the studson the opposite bar, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. In Fig. 2 otl the drawing I have. shown an article of wearing apparel clamped between the two members, their respective studs projecting close enough to the opposing faces of the bars, so as to securely hold the garments placed therein against movement.

In I1`ig. l ot' the drawing I have illustrated another form of hanger bar which unlike the forni illustrated in Fig. l is not provided with a pivoted outer bar, but in lieu thereof I- have arranged the outer bar so that a simple rotation thereofwill engage or disengage the garments suspended therein. In this construction I have provided a flat metallic bar 29 which is adapted to be rigidly secured to the back of the front scat of the motor vehicle in the same manner as bar 12 in the preferred form, but instead of a pivoted bar I have mounted a bar 30 adapted to rotate in bearings 3l secured to the outer face of bar 29. In this construction handle grips 32 are secured in bearings 31, the outer ends being rigidly altixedto the back of the vehicle seat. Instead of providing the inner and outer faces respectively of the stationary and revoluble bars 29 and 30 with studs or projections as in the preferred form I have substituted therefor a series of resilient teeth formed on each bar, the teeth on one bar being arranged in staggered .relation to the teeth on the other bar. Bar 30 is provided at one or each end with a lock ot' usual construction, the dead bolt 34 thereoil engaging a notch 35 formed in the bar. Bar 3() is provided with downwardly extending handles 36 by which it may be rotated to engage or disengage the garments suspended therefrom.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that I have provided a novel form of apparel hanger, whereby garments or like articles may be securely suspended therein without the liability of losing the.. by theft.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Iatent is:

l. A garment hanger, comprising a base member anda revoluble member both of said members being connected in parallel relation to'each other, a series of resilient projections on the opposing faces of both members, said projections on the face of one member being arranged in staggered relation to the projections on the opposing member7 means torrotate revoluble member, and means to lock the two members in rigid relation to each other when the resilient projections thereon are opposite each other.

2. A garment hanger, comprising two members arranged in parallelrelation to each other, one of said members being revoluble, a series of projections secured on the opposing faces ot' the two members, the prolieetion on one member being secured in staggered relation to those on the other member and adapted to co-act therewith in securing a garment' against removal, and means to lock the two members in such coacting position.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this l2 day of March, 1909.

CHARLES A. VANDERBUR-G.

i Witnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUSE,

l\IY1rrLE A. PALMER. 

